prof. PhDr. Michal Bauer, Ph.D.

My research spans behavioural economics, development economics and experimental economics. The unifying motivation is to shed light on “behavioural” mechanisms that may contribute to pressing social issues, including poverty, discrimination and violent inter-group conflicts. To do so, my collaborators and I conduct field experiments in relevant settings, often in disadvantaged communities. My research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Nature or PNAS, among others.

Education

2005 - 2009 Charles University, Prague, Ph.D. in Economics
1999 - 2005 Charles University, Prague, BA and MA in Economics

Job history

2011+ CERGE-EI (under US absolute charter), Professor (since 2024), Doctor of Sciences (since 2024), part-time
2017+ Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Professor (since 2024), part-time
2023+ Cesifo, Munich, Research Affiliate
2009+ Institute for Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Research Fellow

Monographs

• Kudrna Z., Bauer M., Kreuzbergová E., Streblov P., & Vychodil O. (2002). Vzestup a pád IPB. e-Merit.

Chapters in monographs

Articles

• Bauer M., Fiala N., & Levely I. (2018). Trusting Former Rebels: An Experimental Approach to Understanding Reintegration after Civil War. Economic Journal, 128(613), 1786-1819. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Cahlíková J., Chytilová J., & Želinský T. (2018). Social contagion of ethnic hostility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(19), 4881-4886. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Blattman C., Chytilová J., Henrich J., Miguel E., & Mitts T. (2016). Can War Foster Cooperation?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(3), 249-274. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Streblov P. (2007). Effects of education on determinants of high desired fertility : evidence from Ugandan villages. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Oeconomica, Czech Economic Review, 1(3), 286-301.
• Bauer M., Streblov P., & Nollen S. (2005). Eastman Sokolov: the search for a strategic investor. Journal of International Business Education, 2(1), 39-52.
• Bauer M., & Chytilová J. (2010). The impact of education on subjective discount rate in Ugandan villages. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 58(4), 643-669. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M. (2007). An endogenous attitude to firms' risk aversion : a model. Finance a úvěr, 57(7-8), 382-399. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., & Chytilová J. (2007). Opomíjená heterogenita lidí aneb proč Afrika dlouhodobě neroste. Politická ekonomie, 55(1), 72-90. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M. (2005). Karel Kouba a jeho místo v českém ekonomickém myšlení. Politická ekonomie, 53(4), 527-543. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., & Chytilová J. (2009). Time discounting, education and growth : evidence and a simple model. Finance a úvěr, 59(1), 71-86. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Cahlikova J., Chytilová J., Roland G., & Želinský T. (2023). Shifting Punishment onto Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating. Economic Journal, 133(652), 1626-1640. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Miguel E. (2020). Using survey questions to measure preferences: Lessons from an experimental validation in Kenya. European Economic Review, 127(August), nestránkováno. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Streblov P. (2007). Determinanty chtěného počtu dětí v Ugandě : výsledky mikroekonomického šetření. Demografie, 49(2), 108-116.
• Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Morduch J. (2012). Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India. American Economic Review, 102(2), 1118-1139. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., & Chytilová J. (2013). Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages. Review of Development Economics, 17(4), 662-675. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Pertold-Gebicka B. (2014). Parental Background and Other-Regarding Preferences in Children. Experimental Economics, 17(1), 24-46. UT-WOS link
• Bauer M., Cassar A., Chytilová J., & Henrich J. (2014). War's enduring effects on egalitarian motivations and in-group biases. Psychological Science, 21(1), 47-57. UT-WOS link
• Henrich J., Bauer M., Cassar A., Chytilová J., & Purzycki B. (2019). War increases religiosity. Nature Human Behaviour [online], 3(2), 129-135. UT-WOS link
• Bartos V., Bauer M., Cahlikova J., & Chytilová J. (2022). Communicating doctors' consensus persistently increases COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature, 606(7914), 1-22. UT-WOS link
• Bartoš V., Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Matějka F. (2016). Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition. American Economic Review, 106(6), 1437-1475. UT-WOS link
• Nollen S., Bauer M., & Streblov P. (2005). Eastman Sokolov : the search for a strategic investor. Journal of International Business Education, 2(1), 39-52.
• Alfonsi L., Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Miguel E. (2024). Human capital affects religious identity: Causal evidence from Kenya. Journal of Development of Economics, 167(March 2024), UT-WOS link
• Bartoš V., Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Levely I. (2021). Psychological Effects of Poverty on Time Preferences (vol 131, pg 2357, 2021). Economic Journal, 131(640), 3417-3417. UT-WOS link
• Bartoš V., Bauer M., Chytilová J., & Levely I. (2021). Psychological Effects of Poverty on Time Preferences. Economic Journal, 131(638), 2357-2382. UT-WOS link
• Bartoš V., Bauer M., Cahlíková J., & Chytilová J. (2021). Covid-19 crisis and hostility against foreigners. European Economic Review, 137(August), 1-11. UT-WOS link

Contributions in the conference proceedings

• Bauer M., & Chytilová J. (2013). Jak posunout ekonomii blíže člověku. Soudobá ekonomie očima tří generací: dvacet let ekonomie na Univerzitě Karlově (pp. 79-84).

2023 Bedřich Hrozný Award for Creative Initiative, awarded by the Charles University Rector, joint with Julie Chytilová
2022 Award for Excellence in Research, Experimental Development and Innovation, awarded by the Czech Minister of Education
2017 Exeter Prize for the best paper in experimental economics, decision theory and behavioral economics published during 2016 (Attention discrimination, joint with Vojtěch Bartoš, Julie Chytilová and F. Matějka)
2015 The Best Paper Award on The Economics of Discrimination awarded by UniCredit & Universities Foundation (Attention discrimination...)
2012 Selected as one of six most successful young Czechs by Czech economic weekly (Ekonom)
2011 Otto Wichterle Prize for young scientists awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences
2006 Young Economist of the Czech Republic, awarded by the Czech Economic Association

JEB147 - Behavioral Economics
JEM123 - Development Economics

2023-2028 Ministry of Education, ERC_CZ grant – Discrimination, Desire to Harm and Hardship (PI)
2020-2023 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic – Determinants of Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behavior (co-PI)
2019-2020 Czech Academy of Sciences (ERC-CZ/AV-B) – Identity and Conflict (PI)
2019-2020 ERINN, Center for Study of African Economies – Human Capital and Identity (co-PI)
2020-2022 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic – Determinants of Pro-Social and Anti-social Behavior: Field Experimental Evidence (co-PI)
2017-2019 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic – Economic and Social Determinants of Hostility (co-PI)
2013-2016 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic - Using Economic Experiments to Understand Discrimination and Inter-group Cooperation (PI)
2010-2012 Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, Postdoctoral grant – Poverty and Inter-temporal Choices (PI)
2010-11 Global Development Network – Formation of Other-Regarding Preferences (Co-PI)

Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics